withholding
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7.0
- noun
- /wɪðˈhoʊldɪŋ/
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retención
- Now this is a classic case of a man telling the absolute truth but withholding some information.
- withholding of information
- sexual withholding
- withholding messages
So the first thing I want to discuss is withholding intimacy.
- So the first thing I want to discuss is withholding intimacy.
- Fasting by itself, just simply withholding food from oneself, is not intrinsically good.
- And there is something about that struggle with the defiance and the withholding of the truth.
- And she also said that this man's wife, my grandmother, used withholding love to punish him.
- Security in the long run cannot be based on withholding know how, but on addressing security deficits and resolving conflicts.
- That there is a cost associated withholding back on your empathy.
- And here he says three things, in desire and aversion, in choice and refusal, and in giving, ascent and giving and withholding a cent of judgement.
Examples
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These are things like retention of documents, debt bondage, excessive overtime, withholding of wages.
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And I do not want my attention or my concern betrayed by the withholding of crucial information.
Blog text (17) -
But whatever it is, they were withholding information you would need.
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And so here you are withholding the very thing that you need, support, celebration, love.
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The IS professionals may respond to the users' withholding of information in several ways.
Academic text (1991) -
Did or did not the BMJ know about this withholding of information?
Blog text (13) -
Alternately, a partner's withholding may leave us angry or hardened against him or her.
Blog text (19) -
Similar prevalence was noted for the withholding of recess due to poor student behavior.
Academic text (2013) -
The net result is overextension, leading to destabilization and a hardening of ghettoization from the withholding of resources.
Academic text (2009) -
The committee's concern about the project's success led to the withholding of crucial feedback.
Synonyms
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4.2
Keeping something that you have or control
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A tax taken from an employee's pay by the employer and sent to the government
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Withholding comes from the verb withhold, made of with- 'back' and hold 'keep'. So withholding is the act of keeping something 'back' or refusing to give it when it is expected.